Bishkek, Dec. 2, 2024 . / Kabar / . The United States is proud to join the Kyrgyz Republic, its partners, and people worldwide in observance of the 36 th th World AIDS Day. Today is an opportunity to pay tribute to the strength, resilience and diversity of the HIV community and honor the lives lost to HIV/AIDS, the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said.
The U.S. government's theme for World AIDS Day 2024 is “World AIDS Day 36: Collective Action: Sustain and Accelerate HIV Progress“take the rights path.” The United States has partnered with the Kyrgyz Republic for two decades through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve access to high quality HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care services.
To address the remaining systemic barriers, the U.S. government continues to partner with the Kyrgyz Republic to build equity and sustainability into its HIV/AIDS response efforts through innovative approaches like HIV self-testing, which allows individuals to test for HIV wherever and whenever they like. Additionally, the U.S. supports improved access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which greatly reduces the risk of contracting HIV. With human rights at the center, the world can end HIV as a public health threat by 2030.
The substantial progress that has been made in the HIV response is directly linked to advancing the protection human rights. Ending AIDS requires reaching and engaging everyone who is living with, at risk for, or affected by HIV – especially including people who have been most excluded and vulnerable.
The United States has partnered with the Kyrgyz Republic for two decades through the U.S.President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to improve access to high quality HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care services. To address the remaining systemic barriers, the U.S. government continues to partner with the Kyrgyz Republic to build equity and sustainability into its HIV/AIDS response efforts through innovative approaches like HIV self-testing, which allows individuals to test for HIV wherever and whenever they like.
Additionally, the U.S. supports improved access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which greatly reduces the risk contracting HIV.
With human rights at the center, the world can end HIV as a public health threat by 2030. The progress that has been made in HIV response is directly linked to advancing the protection of human rights. Ending AIDS requires reaching and engaging everyone who is living with, at risk for, or affected by HIV – especially including people who have been most excluded and vulnerable.
PEPFAR is the U.S. government’s initiative to reduce and control the HIV/AIDS pandemic and is the largest commitment by any nation to address a single disease in history. In the Kyrgyz Republic, PEPFAR is implemented by the United States Agency for International Development and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to UNAIDS, PEPFAR has helped reduce global AIDS-related deaths by 64 percent since its peak in 2004, and new HIV infections have been cut by 52 percent globally.
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